Solution found for hoof rot in SW Washington?

[HuntNFish]

In the Oly Pen area?  Really? Like release them in the Oly Park? or Willipa Hills?  Not a smart idea IMO.  This area isn't the Cascades, its a small geographical area and wolves travel fast and will go where ever for food.  And since the WDFW can't seem to track and provide any real clue on how many wolves we really have, this is very bad news for all living and using the resources in this area.  My only thought is that there are many tribes in the Olympic areas, lets hope they put the finger to the WDFW when it comes to this subject, and they have open season on them in their territories.  All I can say is if wolves are introduced into my hunting ground outside of Forks, it would crush the elk & deer population.   But that seems to be what WDFW wants.  Take the governments money vs the tag money from hunters, sounds like WDFW doesn't care where they get the money.  Thanks WDFW for NOT managing and protecting the wildlife resources for the people of this state, its apparent they are running this dept. based on what they think the majority of people want, even though the majority of them don't fish or hunt and use the resources.  What a shame of a dept. we have.  They have an attitude of we are smarter than the next guy.  With the problems that Idaho & Montana & Wyoming are having with wolves, why does our dept. think those problems won't happen here.  News flash, they know and hope it will happen.  They will get money from the loss of tag revenue from the government so its no skin off their backs.    All I can say is if I am confronted in the woods with those BIG coyotes, I will defend myself and put them down in the dirt because I would rather be judged by 12 than be carried by 6.

[Mudman]

Theres already big wolves around Forks!  Havent you seen the Twilight movies? 

[AspenBud]

I'm betting the timber companies in Western Washington won't cry much at the site of wolves on their tree farms. They generally consider deer to be pests so anything that takes them out...

My bet is first we'll see a major drop in elk and deer populations, then the wolves will starve and/or be shot, and from there on you can expect far fewer deer and elk.

It will get worse before it gets "better," but better simply means balance will establish itself. Doesn't do big game hunters or big game in general any good.

The ship is sailing.

[buckfvr]

As herds get wiped out, certain hunts will be eliminated, and everything else will be permit.  No moose permits, few elk permits, and only a few deer permits............If not out right protection , end of hunting in many units.

If we loose as many animals here as they did in Idaho, there wont be any to be found here.................